‘The Voices of Homelessness’
Belfast Met, Millfield
Monday 25 th November 2013
A presentation by:
Declan Morris
Homeless Prevention Co-ordinator
Simon Community N.I.

‘We cannot learn from one another until we stop shouting at one another – until we speak quietly enough so that our words are heard as well as our voices’.

Simon Community Northern Ireland
Vision
To end homelessness in Northern Ireland.
To end homelessness in Northern Ireland
Mission
Simon Community Northern Ireland, strengthening communities by leading the way in addressing homelessness .
in addressing homelessness

Simon Community N.I. Services
Accommodation Based Support for Single Individuals
(332 single bed spaces across 21 sites throughout NI).
• Leaving Care/Young Persons Assessment units (Coleraine/Belfast).
• Probation ‘beds’ (L’Derry/Portadown)
• Additional Family Accommodation Facility (Belfast – 24 family flats).
Community Based Support Services across N.I.
Rent Deposit & Bond Scheme
Harm Reduction Service.
Homeless Prevention Programme .

What is Homelessness?
Think of the word…
HOME

providing people with the ways and means to address their housing and other needs to avoid homelessnes s
(Homelessness Prevention and Relief:
England 2012 DCLG)

• Awareness raising sessions/workshops throughout Northern
Ireland ( www.simoncommunityresources.org
)
• Specific Youth Work & EOTAS (education other than at school) resources
• Increase use of Community Based Support (Homeless Prevention
Floating Support Forum)
• Making Moves- Ballymena, North Belfast and Derry
• Homeless Prevention Volunteer Programme
• Development of a community resource

Accessing our services
Simon Community N.I.
Central Access Point (CAP)
24/7 Free-phone service

‘A choir is made up of many voices, including yours and mine. If one by one all go silent then all that will be left are the soloists’.